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Police to crack down on persecution of badgers

IT is a social animal, happy to share its home with other creatures, and some even bury their own dead.

Cruelty: Badgers routinely suffer snaring, poisoning, torture and shooting -- as well as baiting by dogs. Picture: Kevin J Keatley/Nature Picture
Cruelty: Badgers routinely suffer snaring, poisoning, torture and shooting -- as well as baiting by dogs. Picture: Kevin J Keatley/Nature Picture

Although ferocious when provoked, a trait exploited for badger-baiting, the European badger is generally a peaceful animal that has been known to share its burrows with other species such as rabbits, red foxes and raccoon dogs.